| Status: | Flying |
| NAA Type: | Cavalier Mustang II |
| Conversion: |
Cavalier F-51D |
| Serial #: | 44-10753a |
| Registry: | LN-BMU |
| .. past: | N31FF N405HC SE-BIL |
Original Serial # unknown.
1967: Dec, sale/contract w/ El Salvador
1968: rebuilt, Cavalier Aircraft, Sarasota FL, "Cavalier Mustang II" FAS 405
1968: Dec 01, export, El Salvador as FAS 405
- camo paint, tall tail, tip tanks
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1974: Return to USA, N31FF, Jack Flaherty, adopted ID 44-10753
1978: Wilson "Connie" Edwards, Big Spring TX
- stored in hangar with other P-51s
1998: N31FF, sold, Heber Costello, Oak Grove LA
1999: Feb, N405HC, Heber Costello
2000: Nov 15, Heber Costello was killed when his C-185 crashed on landing
- The warbird community lost a very fine man.
2005: N405HC, sold, Paul Besterveld, Denver, CO
2006: sold, P-51 moved to Sweden.
2006: SE-BIL, Biltema Co., Sweden
2020: LN-BMU, Biltema Nordic Services, Stavenger Norway
2023: LN-BMU, "Miss Rebel" new paint trim, yellow replaces red and 155 replaces 405 to represent 118th TRS
- cavalier tall tail returned to stock
2025: Sep, LN-BMU, active/flying
1967: Dec, sale/contract w/ El Salvador
1968: rebuilt, Cavalier Aircraft, Sarasota FL, "Cavalier Mustang II" FAS 405
1968: Dec 01, export, El Salvador as FAS 405
- camo paint, tall tail, tip tanks
--------
1974: Return to USA, N31FF, Jack Flaherty, adopted ID 44-10753
1978: Wilson "Connie" Edwards, Big Spring TX
- stored in hangar with other P-51s
1998: N31FF, sold, Heber Costello, Oak Grove LA
1999: Feb, N405HC, Heber Costello
2000: Nov 15, Heber Costello was killed when his C-185 crashed on landing
- The warbird community lost a very fine man.
2005: N405HC, sold, Paul Besterveld, Denver, CO
2006: sold, P-51 moved to Sweden.
2006: SE-BIL, Biltema Co., Sweden
2020: LN-BMU, Biltema Nordic Services, Stavenger Norway
2023: LN-BMU, "Miss Rebel" new paint trim, yellow replaces red and 155 replaces 405 to represent 118th TRS
- cavalier tall tail returned to stock
2025: Sep, LN-BMU, active/flying
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